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Name: Rellenitos
Eaten in: Guatemala
Foodie : Elodie
I am a little conflicted when it comes to this dish. Not about his taste, it was delicious, but about it being a desert. I am not used to having plantains for dessert, and the black bean filling was not quite sweet enough to convince myself that I should eat it the rellenitos as the last course of my meal. Nonetheless…
Kelewele is probably the recipe all my Ghanaian friends know how to make. And sure thing, I was hooked from the first time I tried these Ghanaian-style fried plantains. The plantains coated in a mixture of spices are served as a snack/side-of- the- road dish in Ghana, with roasted groundnuts. …
Name: Bananes au four (Baked plantains)
Eaten in: Some Ivorian households 🙂
Foodie: Maryse
Looking for a quick supper for a weeknight? Well, here’s the perfect recipe! Simple, healthy and …
Name: Plantain Bread
Foodie: Linda
Eaten in: Puerto Rico
I was quite suspicious when I first tried this recipe, we make many different dishes with plantains in Côte d’Ivoire, but plantain bread isn’t one of them. What could it possibly taste like? Regular banana bread? Or worse, a weird cake-shaped dish with bits of plantains in it? Well,…
